Caution needed in AI adoption over data privacy and consent: Ismail Zabiullah
Privacy and AI governance expert Ismail Zabiullah is calling for caution in how organizations adopt AI, citing data privacy and consent as central concerns that need to be addressed before deployment moves faster than oversight can follow.
Why this matters: The warning is not new, but it still lands on a real problem. Most AI systems run on data that people handed over without knowing it would be used this way. Consent, when it exists at all, is buried in terms nobody reads. The gap between how fast companies are moving and how slowly rules are forming is where people get hurt. Caution is not anti-AI. It is just asking that the people whose data powers these systems get some say in how it is used.
Who should care: General readers · AI governance · Policy · Privacy officers
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